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G. T. KENYON.

SHIPHNG CASE. mrucnaou FILED NOV. \5. 918.

WITNESSES Patented Aug. 5, 1919.

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SHHPENG CASE.

APPLICATION mm u0v.15,1sm.

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'snirrmo-onsn Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 5, 1919.

Application tiled November 15, 1818. serial No. 262,748.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnonen T. Kenyon, a citizen of the United States, and a, resident of Lock N o. 4, in the county of Washington and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shipping-Cases, of which the following is a sfiecification.

y invention is an improvement in sin ping cases, and has for its object to provi e a. case of the character specified formed of metal and consisting of walls detachably connected to permit the case to be disassem' bled when it is empty, to be returned in knock down condition 0- to be stored, as

ma be desired. 1;

thsdrawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of one of the cases set up;

Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section; Fig. 3 is a. partial top plan view showing the manner of increasing the size of the case; Fig. 4 1s a. perspective view of one corner,

showing the manner of connecting the sections- Fig. 5 is a erspective view of one of the connecting ro Fig. 6 1s a. section on the line 6- 6 of Fi 3.

he improved shi :ping and storage cases are made from meta-i, as, for instance, standard gage sheet iron or steel, the gage de pending upon the purpose for which the case is to be used, and the sections are held together by rods ofsteel wire. In practice, the sections are manufactured on a standard increase of four inches or six inches in length the width remaining constant.

the present embodiment of the invention, each case is composed of four side walls or sections 1 and two ends walls or sections 2, the side walls 1 being similar in all respects and interchangeable. Each side wall is'provided at each side ed e and at its ends with bearings 3, the sai bearings being formed from the material of the section. The sections are made with tongues, which are afterward bent back upon the body of the section forming the bead or bearing at the edge of the section, and the ends 4 of the tongues are secured to the sections by means'of rivets 5 or the like. The bearings 3 are spaced apart a sufiicient distance to receive the bearing of an adjacent section between the same, and the sections are connected by rods 6 which are passed through the 'alining bearings. sch end 2 has similar bearings 8 at its edges, the said bearin s being formed in the same manner as the earings 3 and intended for the same per se, to aline withthe end bearings of the si e sections.

In use, it will 'be obvious that by means of a hammer and a, punch the sections may be disassembled, after which the may be stored in a fiat condition. The rods 6 may be held in the bearings of one section when the case is disassembled to prevent displacement of the said rod. 'When the sections are menu-- factnrcd with a standard increase of six inches, for instance, a case having a length of one foot could be utilized to form the ends of a second case which would have a de th of a foot.

t will be noticed from Fig. 3 that each section 1, as wfil as each section 2, has the bearings at one side edge staggered with respect to the bearings at the other side edge. As shown in Fig. 3, the case may be increased in any dimension merely by adding on more sections. Thus a box having awidth of twelve inches may be formed be adding two additional ends and two additional an inspection of sides,

The improved case may be shipped from the factory to the purchaser dis scmhled and may be stored in the least poss is space until needed, when. it may be es.a....lbicd by the most unskilled laborer. used to conserve lumber, and in using the case for shipping oods it can be invoiced to the purchaser w 10, after accnmulatin a suflicient number, can return them, knoc ed down, for credit. In the meantime, if the holder does not have use for them, they can be stored in the least possible space, since thev rest. flat upon each other.

It will be noticed from an inspection of F 1 and 3 that every sixth bearing in inch sections and the corresponding spaces)? adjacent so :tions are made of extra lengthto provide for the seam or joint between ads jaeent, sections. in Fig. 3.

I claim:

1. A shipping and storage case composed of sheet metal sections, each section having bearings at its edges and spaced apart from each other, the bearings at each ed e being sta-g cred with respect to those at the opposite e go and being adapted to aline The case may be This is more clearly shown with the bearings of adjacent sections, end a rod passing through each set of filing/15E bearings for connecting the sections, e case eonsisting of fonr similar side sections 5 and two similar end sections.

2. A ship ing and stor ease composed of sheet sections, section having bearing: its edges andspaced apart from eacho the bearings at each edge being 10 stsgg'eredwithrespecttothoseattheop site edgennd be" adapted to aline wit the bearings of a 'aeent Simmons, and a. rod essingthnough each set of aiimng bearings or eonnecti the sections. 16 8. A shipping and storage ease, composed of sheet metal sections, each case bem composed of two similar end sections an four similar side sections, each section havin bearings at each edge staggered with res ect to those at the opposite side edge 20 an adapted to alternate and aline with bearings of adjacent sections, and a, rod essing through each of the sets of alining earings for connecting the sections, the arrangement of the bearings on all of the sections 25 being similar.

GEORGE TILDEN KENYON. Witnesses:

Hzmny W. Sooa'r, MARTIN L. PEcK. 

